The quality of care of the dying in hospital-next-of-kin perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Providing high-quality care for the dying is essential in palliative care. Quality of care can be checked, compared, and improved by assessing responses from bereaved next-of-kin. The objectives of this study are to examine quality of care in the last 2 days of life of hospitalized patients considering specific aspects of their place of care.

Methods

The "Care of the Dying Evaluation" (CODE^™) questionnaire, validated in German in 2018 (CODE-GER), examines quality of care for the patient and support of next-of-kin, allocating values between 0 (low quality) and 4 (high quality). The total score (0-104) is divided into subscales which indicate support/time given by doctors/nurses, spiritual/emotional support, information/decision-making, environment, informat

SUBMITTER: Heckel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378108 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature